( brixsy )

Comments made by brixsy

Looks like Satariel got shut down, because he failed to provide facts, instead attacking a vital program with insults.

The only reason that this nonsense is bandied about is because there is a large constituency that will benefit from the HS train program being shutdown (i.e. the Big Four motor companies, oil companies, entrenched interests). There is no reason why these trains couldn't work here just as anywhere else. Unfortunately, some officials in government don't care about our interests and will freely work against them for money.

In general, we need to downsize. I don't know where eduardo sees it as his right to take up the remaining open land we have, and turn it into ugly development. The ideas of the past don't work anymore, and frankly, never did. Urban sprawl needs to go, to make our communities function again, to get our health and peace of mind back.

Agree 100%, we need more bike and walk-friendly streets, maybe with separate bike-paths like Germany. How fun would that make short commutes? With a climate like CAs, it's a crime not to be able to bike out in the sun.

"The freeway will be impassible"...then abandon the freeway! What a silly mode of getting about, one in a car. Nowhere else in the world could such wasteful lifestyles be on display as in the United States. Are we really going to wait until transportation goes to hell before we start trying?

Cars spew CO2, require the paving over of nature for parking lots and roads, use up massive amounts of resources to make, worsen air quality... I could go on. By using cars, we are putting people in nations prone to climate change in danger; we might literally be taking their lives just to get to our destination quicker. No one should not feel entitled to their use as if it's their right; that just seems so brash and self-entitled when you consider all the harm that comes to society (see above). Traffic will keep piling up, no matter how wide you expand the freeways. We need to make public transit more pleasant, and NOT invest in car travel. We have spent trillions of dollars to please drivers of cars, in infrastructure, etc... That is quite enough money sunk into such a wasteful and polluting method of travel.

People need to see that driving is not sustainable, so if freeway expansion is frozen, and traffic jams become a regular thing, people will take the trolley / bus. Of course, provided that we get our organizations coordinated and actually make a workable system, instead of the usual half-a**ed effort.

Libraries are great, they allow people who might not have the access to get an education, to expand their minds. We shouldn't have to bear these cuts because of bad governance. If SD stopped wasting so much money, we would be fine. The problem is that everyone is too spread out, and many people don't understand the cryptic ways of government. This makes it hard for people to understand what their real priorities are, to make a change. Instead of dividing ourselves arbitrarily over social issues and other nonsense, we need to come together and save the programs that we deserve to receive. The middle class is coming under attack, if we want to preserve some semblance of fair rule and equity, we need to meet that challenge. We are being told that the poor are draining the system, being urged to attack the lower segments of society, only for the ulterior motive of enriching the already affluent.

What about HFCS, refined foods like white wheat and sugar, artificial colorings and preservatives? This is nonsense, we need to make more green foods (fruits, vegetables) and healthy choices available in the neighborhoods where there's no access, and have active incentives at workplaces for people who control their health (cash rewards for biggest improvements in weight / blood pressure/ whatever else).

Closing libraries is always a bad idea, they are open limited hours as it is. Any idea that saves the city money and helps slash emissions is a welcome one. Might as well expand it to rooftops on govt buildings in the city, etc. If it's efficient on streetlights, it should work elsewhere.